Teaching Methods: 2. The Discussion Group

Abstract

Summary Physiotherapists are frequently called upon to teach their colleagues and other groups. This article is the second of a monthly series of four on different methods of doing this. It explores the advantages and disadvantages of the discussion as a teaching method and suggests ways in which discussions should be prepared and run. Physiotherapists are frequently called upon to teach their colleagues and other groups. This article is the second of a monthly series of four on different methods of doing this. It explores the advantages and disadvantages of the discussion as a teaching method and suggests ways in which discussions should be prepared and run. Biography: Sally French qualified as a physiotherapist from the Royal National Institute for the Blind School of Physiotherapy in 1972 and completed her physiotherapy teaching diploma in 1978. While working as a teacher she gained degrees in psychology and sociology and has a particular interest in the application of the behavioural sciences to illness and disability. She is now a lecturer at the North London School of Physiotherapy.